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<h1 style="display:inline; font-weight:bold">Privacy Policy</h1>

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<?php __($sitename); ?> Private Policy</strong><br />
This privacy policy describes how we handle your personal information. We collect, use, and share personal information to help the <?php __($sitename); ?> website ("<?php __($sitename); ?>") work and to keep it safe (details below). This policy is effective March 1, 2009.
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    <strong>General</strong><br />
  We may update this policy at any time, with updates taking effect when you next use the site or after 30 days, whichever is sooner. If we or our corporate affiliates are involved in a merger or acquisition, we may share personal information with another company, but this policy will continue to apply. Send questions about this policy to ~~email~~.
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    <strong>Use</strong><br />
  We use users' personal information to:<br />
  <li>provide our services</li>
   <li>resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;</li>
   <li>encourage safe trading and enforce our policies;</li>
   <li>customize users' experience, measure interest in our services, improve our services and inform users about services and updates;</li>
   <li>communicate marketing and promotional offers to you according to your preferences;</li>
   <li>do other things for users as described when we collect the information.</li>

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    <strong>Security</strong><br />
  We use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure, but as you probably know, nothing's perfect, so we make no guarantees.
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    <strong>Disclosure</strong> <br />
  We don't sell or rent users' personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without users' explicit consent. We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a posting or other content violates other's rights, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety. We may also share personal information with:<br />
<li>Corporate affiliates who help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and provide joint services. (Our corporate affiliates will market only to users who ask them to).</li>
<li>Service providers who help with our business operations. </li>
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    <strong>General</strong><br />
The following activities are prohibited from <?php __($sitename); ?>:  
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  <li>Posting an item for sale that is in the prohibited items list</li>
  <li>Posting multiple Ads that are too similar to each other</li>
  <li>Posting an Ad that defames anyone or contains "hate speech"</li>
  <li>Posting a multi-level marketing or other prohibited job</li>
  <li>Posting pornography, nudity or other material that is obscene or adult in nature or harmful to minors</li>
  <li>Infringing the rights of third parties. This includes, but is not limited to, infringing on intellectual property rights such as copyright and trademark (e.g. offering counterfeit items for sale)</li>
  <li>Discriminatory or offensive behavior and the usage of profanity or patently vulgar language</li>
  <li>Encouraging others to break the law</li>
  <li>Misleading others by false statements</li>
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<?php __($sitename); ?> reserves the right to delete any ads or other content from the site that do not comply with the <?php __($sitename); ?> Policies or otherwise negatively impact the community, <?php __($sitename); ?> or third party. If you encounter any such ads, please flag it as such.<br /><br />
Our general rule is that you may not list, buy or sell items or services that are illegal to own, buy or sell in your state of residence, or that are not bought or sold in compliance with applicable laws and regulations
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  <strong>We specifically prohibit the following items and services:</strong><br />
<li>      Alcoholic Beverages</li>
<li> Blood, Bodily Fluids and Body Parts </li>
<li>Burglary Tools  </li>
<li>Counterfeit currency, stamps or coins  </li>
<li>Counterfeit Products  </li>
<li>Electronic Surveillance Equipment  </li>
<li>Embargoed Goods  </li>
<li>Endangered or protected species, or any part of any endangered or protected species  </li>
<li>Escort services that offer or indicate sexual services   </li>
<li>Illegal Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia  </li>
<li>Illegal Services  </li>
<li>Illegal telecommunication and electronics equipment such as access cards, password swiffers, radar scanners, traffic signal control devices or cable descrambler  </li>
<li> Hazardous Materials including but not limited to radioactive, toxic and explosive materials  </li>
<li>Fireworks, Destructive Devices and Explosives  </li>
<li>Identity Documents, Personal Financial Records & Personal Information (in any form, including mailing lists)  </li>
<li>Items which encourage or facilitate illegal activity  </li>
<li>Lottery Tickets, Sweepstakes Entries and Slot Machines </li>
<li>Material that is obscene, pornographic or adult in nature, or harmful to minors  </li>
<li>Offensive Material </li>
<li>Pictures or images that contain nudity  </li>
<li>Government and Transit Badges, Uniforms, IDs, Documents and Licenses (e.g. internal manuals of commercial airlines, polie or postal service uniforms) </li>
<li>Prescription Drugs and Devices </li>
<li>Prostitution or ads that offer sex, sexual favors or sexual actions in exchange for money  </li>
<li>Recalled items </li>
<li>Stocks and Other Securities  </li>
<li>Stolen Property </li>
<li>Tobacco Products </li>
<li>Used Cosmetics </li>
<li>Used or rebuilt batteries or batteries containing mercury  </li>
<li>Weapons and related items (such as firearms, firearm parts and magazines, ammunition, BB and pellet guns, tear gas, stun guns, switchblade knives, and martial arts weapons)</li>
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  <strong>The following types of Job ads are prohibited on the site:</strong> <br />
  <li>    Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes    </li>
  <li>Business or job opportunities that require upfront or periodic payments    </li>
  <li>Business or job opportunities that pay only commissions, unless the Ad makes it clear that the sole source of compensation would be commission and clearly describes the product or service that would be sold    </li>
  <li>Business or job opportunities that require recruitment of other members, distributors or agents    </li>
  <li>Ads that are not clear regarding what type of work would be required    </li>
  <li>Ads for employment that are stating a preference or requirement based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability </li>
  
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  <strong>The following types of Personal or Erotic Service ads are prohibited on the site:</strong> <br />
  <li>       Ads that contain pornography or individuals engaging in sexual activities    </li>  
  <li>Ads that ask for sex from under age persons    </li>
  <li>Ads that offer sex or sexual activities in exchange for money, products or services    </li>
  <li>Ads that depicts a person(s), regardless of gender, engaged in actual sexual conduct    </li>
  <li>Ads that contain bestiality </li>
  <li>Ads that contain masturbation    </li>
  <li>Ads that contain sadistic or masochistic abuse </li>
  <li>Ads posted by Men in the "Women seeking Women" category    </li>
  <li>Ads posted by Men in the "Women seeking Men" category    </li>
  <li>Ads posted by Women in the "Men seeking Men" category    </li>
  <li>Ads posted by Women in the "Men seeking Women" category
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  <strong>The following types of items are generally permitted to be listed if and to the extent that their sale and purchase is legally permitted in your State of residence, and that such sales and purchases occur in compliance with applicable laws and regulations:</strong> <br />
  <li>    Electronic Equipment    </li>  
  <li> Event Tickets    </li>
  <li>Food Items </li>
  <li>Non-prescription Medical Devices    </li>
  <li>Real Estate and Rental Properties    </li>
  <li>Used Clothing and Bedding    </li>
  <li>Vehicles, Vehicle Equipment and Devices    </li>
  <li>Wildlife products and products made from or preparations of species of animals and plants    </li>
  <li>Artifacts and Cultural Goods    </li>
  <li>Pesticides </li>
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    Posting Policies</h1><a name="PostingPolicy" id="PostingPolicy"></a>
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  You can post up to 25 different ads per day on <?php __($sitename); ?>. Duplicate ads or ads that are too similar to an existing ad are not authorized and will be removed. The only exception to this is that you can post the same ad in two (2) different categories per (city) site within your region. Any more than two and your ads will be removed. We also ask that you not post outside the city or region you are located in and that you choose the right category for your ad. If you violate these policies your ad will be deleted (sometimes without notice). Attempting to post after having your ads removed may result in a "blocked" message notifying you that you have posted too many ads. To avoid this, please list whatever you are advertising only once per site within your city or region. If you want to re-list an item that you are already advertising on the site, delete your existing ad first.
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Posting a listing with a link to another web site for the sole purpose of directing visitors to that web site is not permitted. You may, however, include a link in your post if it is to give the user more information about the item being offered (for example product details, pictures, etc.). 
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